"Midway between the immeasurable distance from horizon to horizon, but nearing the coveted shore--America!"
Shuffleboard.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuffleboard
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuffleboard
He was killed in France.
She died on board the ship to America only two days into the trip. Jackie made the rest of the journey alone.
They don't appear in the movie. They're both dead before the film begins.
"Miss Liberty--the traffic cop of the Port of New York."
Ellis Island, naturally.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_island
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_island
Eight.
Third-class.
Why third? "ecause," a title card says, "there was no fourth."
Why third? "ecause," a title card says, "there was no fourth."
Captain Bill Hicks (Claude Gillingwater) is introduced as "a former ship's master."
He's looking for a job. "Well, Inspector," says the old salt, "have you got a job for a young feller like me?"
Captain Bill, feeling sorry for the lonely youngster, who is about to get deported, sees the Pinkusowitz children playing ring-around-the-rosie (or a similar game). He takes Jackie over to them and tells the children to include him, which they willingly do. One of the boys holds onto Jackie's hand when their mother calls them over--and she doesn't notice the extra child.
He doesn't see that Ma Pinkusowitz is carrying a baby. Ma had covered up the infant girl to keep it undisturbed while it was sleeping.
Izzy, Abey, Jakey, Rachel, Solly and Sammy. We never learn the names of the eldest or the infant.
North & South American Navigation Company.
Is that a real company? The phrase matches none of Google's documents.
Is that a real company? The phrase matches none of Google's documents.
My Boy gives Coca-Cola some free advertising. There's a sign, hanging in front of a shop window (during the scene where Jackie is following after the Captain), with the still-familiar Coca-Cola logo.
What does the sign say exactly? "ICE CREAM/Coca-Cola/SOLD HERE."
How do you know that was free advertising? Well, now that you mention it, we don't know.
What does the sign say exactly? "ICE CREAM/Coca-Cola/SOLD HERE."
How do you know that was free advertising? Well, now that you mention it, we don't know.
Under the mat lying over the steps.
Captain Davy.
Mrs. J. Montague Blair (Mathilde Brundage) is Jackie's wealthy grandmother, who throws an ice cream party for poor children, never guessing that one of her guests is Jackie.
A wealthy matron throwing a party for poor kids? Where have I seen that before? Possibly the "Our Gang" short, Free Eats (1932) (1932).
A wealthy matron throwing a party for poor kids? Where have I seen that before? Possibly the "Our Gang" short, Free Eats (1932) (1932).
"You said you could never forgive my marriage to your son, but since his death my health has been failing and the money he left is almost gone - I have just enough to book steerage on the [illegible word] ..."
And on another page, "I am risking the trip in the hope that you will take to your heart your little grandson. The boy knows nothing of ..."
And on another page, "I am risking the trip in the hope that you will take to your heart your little grandson. The boy knows nothing of ..."
"[T]ell him I've gone to - China."
By standing in a bucket, filling a colander with the water in the bucket, and holding the colander over his head.
Yes. At least in the version available as a bonus feature on Warner Video's two-disk set for Charles Chaplin's The Kid (1921) (1921). It's likely that there's some footage missing.
Rheumatism.
He notices an organ grinder making money with a performing monkey. This inspires him to sing and dance for the organ grinder's impromptu audience of passersby. Jackie's a hit, and they throw money into his hat. Jackie successfully thwarts the organ grinder's attempt to steal the money. He buys the Captain's liniment, and a bottle of an unnamed medicine, and then all is well. Almost.
What goes awry? Jackie nearly poisons the poor Captain when he pours the liniment into a spoon and feeds it to the ailing old man. The liniment was supposed to be rubbed on his back; the other medicine was to be ingested.
What goes awry? Jackie nearly poisons the poor Captain when he pours the liniment into a spoon and feeds it to the ailing old man. The liniment was supposed to be rubbed on his back; the other medicine was to be ingested.
According to IMDb's trivia section, Claude Gillingwater "[w]as injured in an accident at Paramount Studios in February 1936 and never fully recovered. His suicide note stated that he was worried about his failing health, and possibly becoming an invalid. He did not want to become a burden to anyone, so he chose to take his own life."
Do things end up as unhappily for Captain Bill? No. Captain Bill recovers from an illness that doesn't seem all that serious. The Captain's main trouble is that he's too old to find work. Presumably the wealthy grandmother will find a way to ease his troubles.
Do things end up as unhappily for Captain Bill? No. Captain Bill recovers from an illness that doesn't seem all that serious. The Captain's main trouble is that he's too old to find work. Presumably the wealthy grandmother will find a way to ease his troubles.
A settlement house, endowed by Mrs. Blair.
Pin the tail on the donkey.
Maria, Mrs. Blair's servant (or possibly someone who works at the settlement home), innocently takes Mrs. Blair's handbag to buy some ice cream for the children. Mrs. Blair thinks one of the children have stolen it. She brings in a policeman to search the children. Jackie runs away, making him look like the guilty party--and in a way, he is guilty. He flees because he had stolen some food for Captain Bill and had hidden it in his new overshirt. He didn't want the policeman to find it.
All ends happily. Jackie is proven (relatively) innocent and Mrs. Blair discovers this noble thief is her grandson.
All ends happily. Jackie is proven (relatively) innocent and Mrs. Blair discovers this noble thief is her grandson.
Jackie Coogan had just become a huge star in Charles Chaplin's The Kid (1921) (1921). This sentimental comedy, presumably created for Coogan, has many similarities to that film.
Coogan is an orphan in this film and practically an orphan in The Kid (1921) (1921). (In the latter, both parents have abandoned him.)
In both films, he's adopted by an unwilling surrogate father, who eventually warms to his new role. (In this film, you might say "surrogate grandfather.") Both pseudo-fathers are dirt poor.
In both films, Jackie, unbeknownst to him, has a rich family member who will do anything to find him. (Here it's a grandmother. In The Kid it's his mother.) Both have a scene where the rich woman is thinking of Jackie just as he appears. And in both cases the woman doesn't know who he is.
Both have slapstick gags. Both films end in the same basic way.
In both films, he's adopted by an unwilling surrogate father, who eventually warms to his new role. (In this film, you might say "surrogate grandfather.") Both pseudo-fathers are dirt poor.
In both films, Jackie, unbeknownst to him, has a rich family member who will do anything to find him. (Here it's a grandmother. In The Kid it's his mother.) Both have a scene where the rich woman is thinking of Jackie just as he appears. And in both cases the woman doesn't know who he is.
Both have slapstick gags. Both films end in the same basic way.
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